Hi all, this is a interesting event that happened just few days back in my life. After a hard day in office (lets have it in that way) I started to my room. I used to walk around 3 or 4 km in the evening. I walked to the bus stop. Meanwhile I fel little bit hungry. Because on that day afternoon I didn't had my lunch. I stepped into a bakery shop and ordered a butter bun (my favorite one). I started tasting it. It was yummy. While I was having it I just looked around the place. One couple was fighting among themselves and another couple were sharing the food what they bought in the bakery. I looked at a kid (may be at the age 3 - very small kid), she was pointing sweets to her grandmother.
Her grandmother enquired about the cost of the sweet (the kid pointed) to the shop keeper and she counted the change what she had in her hand. This thing happened more than five times. After sometime the person who was telling the price/cost went inside to look after some other work. The kid was repeatedly asking her grandmother for sweet and her grandmother was still counting the change in her hand. I finished my bun and went near the kid. I asked the kid what is the sweet she want. She pointed to Gulab Jamun and a milk sweet with golden wafers on it.
I looked at her grandmother she was looked at me with lots of confusion. I ordered those sweets and gave that to the kid. She grabbed it happily. Still I remember the cute smile. Her grandmother explained she didn't had the necessary change for the bus. I said, "It's ok. Today is my birthday". After hearing that she greeted me and left the shop. I watched the kid jumping here and there and enjoyed the sweet with happiness. At that moment I thought for this cute smile I can tell n no. of lies (sweet lies).
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
My Role Model
Yesterday (September 22, 2010) I attended a session on Spirit of Wipro in my new organization sorry i have newly joined in that organization. Shobana Pasupathy lead the session. She started the session by saying "Everyone should participate and interact". I enjoyed the session very much. And I should personaly thank her because she took me to my past (she made me to remember my past). While she was explaining about the values of Organization, she came to explain about Intensity to Win.
While explaining about that she asked us 3 question. The questions were
For the first question I wrote, "Intensity to win means having the desire to win but in a gentle way. For that you have to be aware and update the same to all".
For the second question I wrote, "Sivashankar Rajendran was my role model. He was my team leader. I did my graduation project under his guidance. He used to give us the information and instruction what we have to do. Unfortunately he fell ill and we were sitting ideal for one month. As the time passed we got scared. We had no idea how we are going to complete our project. He came back and he told us not to give up the hope and he supported and motivatd us and he made us to believe that we are capable of completing it in a short period and we completed the project in a month. I was very much impressed about his attitude and the way he handled the people."
For the third question I wrote, "Yes during my Post Graduation. I was my class representative and I used to be the Placement Co-ordinator. We had one hour placement session in a week. But there was no faculty to take the session. I used to conduct some aptitude exam during that hour for the students who were interested. Most of them wont attend since that was the only hour they can relax themselves. Many of my friends asked me to stop conducting exams during that hour. But I never stopped it. I conducted it even if one of my classmate willing to take up the exam. Those who showed interest got placed first in offcampus/oncampus. Even now we go to our university and help our juniors by conducting these kind of exams"
After ten minutes, she randomly spotted some to read out the answers. Many shared their ideas. One among us said that he was the role model for himself. My turn came and I read what I have written. She encouraged me to help others and she asked me to keep doing the same in the future. I assured her that I will do. Finally she explained about the Role Model. Each and every individual can be a role model to other in two ways
While explaining about that she asked us 3 question. The questions were
- What do you meant by Intensity to Win?
- Who is your role model who displays intensity to win?
- can you recollect some incidents where you have stood by the above value in challenging situation too?
For the first question I wrote, "Intensity to win means having the desire to win but in a gentle way. For that you have to be aware and update the same to all".
For the second question I wrote, "Sivashankar Rajendran was my role model. He was my team leader. I did my graduation project under his guidance. He used to give us the information and instruction what we have to do. Unfortunately he fell ill and we were sitting ideal for one month. As the time passed we got scared. We had no idea how we are going to complete our project. He came back and he told us not to give up the hope and he supported and motivatd us and he made us to believe that we are capable of completing it in a short period and we completed the project in a month. I was very much impressed about his attitude and the way he handled the people."
For the third question I wrote, "Yes during my Post Graduation. I was my class representative and I used to be the Placement Co-ordinator. We had one hour placement session in a week. But there was no faculty to take the session. I used to conduct some aptitude exam during that hour for the students who were interested. Most of them wont attend since that was the only hour they can relax themselves. Many of my friends asked me to stop conducting exams during that hour. But I never stopped it. I conducted it even if one of my classmate willing to take up the exam. Those who showed interest got placed first in offcampus/oncampus. Even now we go to our university and help our juniors by conducting these kind of exams"
After ten minutes, she randomly spotted some to read out the answers. Many shared their ideas. One among us said that he was the role model for himself. My turn came and I read what I have written. She encouraged me to help others and she asked me to keep doing the same in the future. I assured her that I will do. Finally she explained about the Role Model. Each and every individual can be a role model to other in two ways
- in a good way
- the bad
Thursday, July 8, 2010
5 mistakes freshers should avoid in HR interviews
I found this one very interesting. I want to share it so that some will get benefited.
A recruiter's perspective
Having done HR interviews for almost 8 years for various MNCs, I have seen many freshers getting rejected in their HR interviews. I have found myself thinking that they could have nailed that job, if only they had better guidance. I am writing this article to help freshers understand what goes on in an HR interviewer's mind based on my experiences.
Firstly, it is important that you understand why you are having an HR interview. Companies do HR interviews to evaluate:
a) Your attitude towards work.
b) Your aptitude towards work.
c) Your confidence.
d) Your communication skills.
e) Your fitment into the organization.
Remember, as a fresher with no prior experience, your evaluation will mostly rely on how you conduct yourself during the interviews.
Below are the 5 common mistakes that I have seen freshers make during an HR interview and what impressions it creates.
1) The First Impression: This sets the tone for the rest of the interview and recovering from a mistake made here is very difficult. You will spend the rest of the interview time trying to regain lost ground. Here are some common mistakes that I have seen
2) Research : There has been a lot said about researching a company and understanding what they do. A few things to avoid here:
3) Be Honest : You would be surprised at how far honesty can take you in an interview. These common statements can cause you to lose trust during the interview:
4) Body Language : Your body language during the entire interview process can either make or break your interview.
5) The Ending : You will generally get an opportunity to ask questions at the end of the interview. The following statements tend to be very weak and should be avoided.
Note that there is no right or wrong answer in HR interviews. All these tips can just ensure that you are not rejected for reasons that are within your control. Its important to be yourself and present your best side during the interview.
Prepare a list of commonly asked questions and say the answers out loud in front of a mirror. What is most critical for a winning HR interview is this practice. Listen to yourself, record it if you can. Get some trusted friends or family members to listen to it and continually refine it.
-Roopa Rangaprasad.
A recruiter's perspective
Having done HR interviews for almost 8 years for various MNCs, I have seen many freshers getting rejected in their HR interviews. I have found myself thinking that they could have nailed that job, if only they had better guidance. I am writing this article to help freshers understand what goes on in an HR interviewer's mind based on my experiences.
Firstly, it is important that you understand why you are having an HR interview. Companies do HR interviews to evaluate:
a) Your attitude towards work.
b) Your aptitude towards work.
c) Your confidence.
d) Your communication skills.
e) Your fitment into the organization.
Remember, as a fresher with no prior experience, your evaluation will mostly rely on how you conduct yourself during the interviews.
Below are the 5 common mistakes that I have seen freshers make during an HR interview and what impressions it creates.
1) The First Impression: This sets the tone for the rest of the interview and recovering from a mistake made here is very difficult. You will spend the rest of the interview time trying to regain lost ground. Here are some common mistakes that I have seen
- The resume with spelling and grammatical errors : How can the company trust you with more responsibilities if you cant make your own resume carefully? Spend quality time on getting your resume right and get it proof-read multiple times.
- The casual dresser ( jeans / floaters etc. ): Are you not serious about work? Even if company policy allows you to wear jeans to work, remember that you are not yet employed there. Being dressed in formals creates a better impression.
- The shoddy dresser : Unironed / dirty clothes / shoes have no excuse and makes me think that you are careless. If there is an explanation for it, share it right at the beginning of the interview. It makes you genuine.
- The latecomer : Not only do you not value time, you may not understand importance of meeting deadlines or communicating about it. If you are going to be late due to unavoidable reasons, make sure to call ahead and inform. Also, apologise at the start of the interview.
- Being disorganized : Torn documents / haphazardly stored documents creates an impression that you are disorganised. Carry all documents in a neat folder.
2) Research : There has been a lot said about researching a company and understanding what they do. A few things to avoid here:
- Saying " I didn’t have time to go through your website " : And I think "This is your first job and you cannot even be bothered to learn about a company you might work for?"
- Saying "I didn’t understand what you meant on your website": I feel like you didn’t put enough effort and you are not persistent enough. Spend enough time to understand the company and the work they do. Find someone who works at the company and get an insider perspective.
3) Be Honest : You would be surprised at how far honesty can take you in an interview. These common statements can cause you to lose trust during the interview:
- Saying " I had some personal problems " : If you can actually share what the personal problem was, I will be on your side and you can build trust . If you are unable to share it, clarify that as well so you still sound honest.
- Saying " I don’t have any weaknesses " : I think that you are not self aware and lack the ability to understand yourself. Also, recruiters always see through if you are trying to make a positive sound like a negative." My weakness is that I am too committed and I work extra hours" - Duh, Really??. Spend some time analysing your strengths and weaknesses and have examples from your life to back it up. These examples can be during your school / college years or even drawn from your personal life.
- Saying " I want to join your company because of challenging work" - I feel that you have not done enough research on the company and what it does. Hence you are not able to articulate how your interests fit in to what the company does.
4) Body Language : Your body language during the entire interview process can either make or break your interview.
- The limp handshake / Sloucher : Not having a firm handshake and slouching throughout the interview makes you look like you are not confident. Practice shaking hands till you have a firm grip and smile when shaking hands. Also, sit straight with your shoulders back during the interview. This makes you more alert and attentive.
- Too relaxed : Leaning back in your chair during the interview makes the recruiter think that you are not serious about getting the job.
- Nervousness : Looking at your hands or around the room / Playing with your hair instead of looking at the recruiter will not make them believe that you are confident. AT the same time, don’t glare at them either :) Remember to look at the interviewer when you answer.
- Voice Modulation : Not modulating your voice appropriately during the interview to reflect your enthusiasm / emotions appropriately can make you seem nervous or that you are not being genuine. Remember, recruiters can identify if you are really nervous.
5) The Ending : You will generally get an opportunity to ask questions at the end of the interview. The following statements tend to be very weak and should be avoided.
- "I don’t have any questions"
- "I have already asked the other interviewers"
- Asking salary related questions before the job confirmation
Note that there is no right or wrong answer in HR interviews. All these tips can just ensure that you are not rejected for reasons that are within your control. Its important to be yourself and present your best side during the interview.
Prepare a list of commonly asked questions and say the answers out loud in front of a mirror. What is most critical for a winning HR interview is this practice. Listen to yourself, record it if you can. Get some trusted friends or family members to listen to it and continually refine it.
-Roopa Rangaprasad.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Human Mentality
Today Morning (June 17, 2010) I got a mail from my friend. The content of the mail was "A wonderful story comes from 19th century England. According to the account, Queen Victoria was once at a diplomatic reception in London.
The guest of honor was an African chieftain. All went well during the meal until, at the end, finger bowl were served. The guest of honor had never seen a British finger bowl, and no one had thought to brief him beforehand about its purpose. So he took the bowl in his two hands, lifted it to his mouth, and drank its contents down!
For an instant there was breathless silence among the British privilege guests, and then they began to whisper to one another. All that stopped; however, when Queen Victoria silently took her finger bowl in her two hands, lifted it, and drank its contents! A moment later, 500 surprised British ladies and gentlemen simultaneously drank the contents of their own finger bowls.
It was the queen's uncommon courtesy that guarded her guest from certain embarrassment."
After reading the story I was doing nothing for 5 to 10 minutes. I was thinking about the great Queen who cared about her guest. Then I asked a question to myself what I would have done if I were in the place of Queen. Surely I would have laughed on the poor guest who drunk the finger bowl. I am not matured. I was ashamed about myself. I guessed what about my reaction when I
were the poor guest. I would have cried like a kid. When we face an embarrassing situation we don't have the guts or strength to face it. But when we make the embarrassing situation to others we are not thinking about the person who is going to suffer. We should think everyone as equal.
I used to travel by government bus. When i find any old people or disabled person I used to offer them my seat. Some will accept and some will say "It's OK I have been used to it". I feel proud about them. But one day I felt very bad about the way how we are civilized. On that particular day I started to my office by government bus. I got a place to sit and I was listening to the songs from my mobile. After two or three stop a pregnant lady boarded the bus. I guess it would be the eighth month of her pregnancy. The bus was fully occupied.
She stood in the bus for sometimes. After that I guess she might not be able to stand. She asked a girl (working for a software firm, surely she must be an engineer) to give her place. The girl looked at that woman and didn't even gave a response. That girl remained still like nothing had happened. Everyone in the bus was looking this scene. But none was volunteered to lend or give their seat to the suffering woman. I stood and offered my seat to her. She hesitated a lot after that she settled down in my seat.
I was very angry about the girl's behavior and the people courtesy towards the suffering woman. She is well educated, she know what is good. But unwilling to help the needy one. Why this kind of uniqueness. Does our ancestors dreamed about this kind of civilization or our society had thought us this kind of moral. We should think about ourselves not others. What kind of feeling, thought, expectation we have is the same as others do then why we can't understand others feeling.
Our human mentality has been tuned in such a way that we are living inside a circle that encloses us and people who known to us. If this kind of society is encouraged the future one has to suffer a lot and they have to fight for their basic needs. We can't change everything in a second or in a year. We can teach the younger one and make them to understand each other and live happily together. Everyone is in search of happiness, we can spread it all over the world. It's in our hands. We shall respect others feeling.
The guest of honor was an African chieftain. All went well during the meal until, at the end, finger bowl were served. The guest of honor had never seen a British finger bowl, and no one had thought to brief him beforehand about its purpose. So he took the bowl in his two hands, lifted it to his mouth, and drank its contents down!
For an instant there was breathless silence among the British privilege guests, and then they began to whisper to one another. All that stopped; however, when Queen Victoria silently took her finger bowl in her two hands, lifted it, and drank its contents! A moment later, 500 surprised British ladies and gentlemen simultaneously drank the contents of their own finger bowls.
It was the queen's uncommon courtesy that guarded her guest from certain embarrassment."
After reading the story I was doing nothing for 5 to 10 minutes. I was thinking about the great Queen who cared about her guest. Then I asked a question to myself what I would have done if I were in the place of Queen. Surely I would have laughed on the poor guest who drunk the finger bowl. I am not matured. I was ashamed about myself. I guessed what about my reaction when I
were the poor guest. I would have cried like a kid. When we face an embarrassing situation we don't have the guts or strength to face it. But when we make the embarrassing situation to others we are not thinking about the person who is going to suffer. We should think everyone as equal.
I used to travel by government bus. When i find any old people or disabled person I used to offer them my seat. Some will accept and some will say "It's OK I have been used to it". I feel proud about them. But one day I felt very bad about the way how we are civilized. On that particular day I started to my office by government bus. I got a place to sit and I was listening to the songs from my mobile. After two or three stop a pregnant lady boarded the bus. I guess it would be the eighth month of her pregnancy. The bus was fully occupied.
She stood in the bus for sometimes. After that I guess she might not be able to stand. She asked a girl (working for a software firm, surely she must be an engineer) to give her place. The girl looked at that woman and didn't even gave a response. That girl remained still like nothing had happened. Everyone in the bus was looking this scene. But none was volunteered to lend or give their seat to the suffering woman. I stood and offered my seat to her. She hesitated a lot after that she settled down in my seat.
I was very angry about the girl's behavior and the people courtesy towards the suffering woman. She is well educated, she know what is good. But unwilling to help the needy one. Why this kind of uniqueness. Does our ancestors dreamed about this kind of civilization or our society had thought us this kind of moral. We should think about ourselves not others. What kind of feeling, thought, expectation we have is the same as others do then why we can't understand others feeling.
Our human mentality has been tuned in such a way that we are living inside a circle that encloses us and people who known to us. If this kind of society is encouraged the future one has to suffer a lot and they have to fight for their basic needs. We can't change everything in a second or in a year. We can teach the younger one and make them to understand each other and live happily together. Everyone is in search of happiness, we can spread it all over the world. It's in our hands. We shall respect others feeling.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Desire to be with Friends
Recently I had new friends in my office, while I was discussing about their interest I found one thing in common, they always want to be with their friends. Even I also have that same interest. I started to think why everyone have this in common, the desire to be with friends. When we are with our friends we used to talk a lot, tease each other, some silly fight, watching movies together and looking at girls/boys together. While we are with our friends we forget our world and a new world will be there. In that world no individuality, no ego everything will be common.
While friends are together, everyone will forget about their own problem and enjoy the moments. All are looking for joy and searching for happiness in their life. Because every individual has their own responsibility, problem and commitment. When it comes to a group of friends only the common things will be high. The individuality fades there. Only the things which are common among everyone is spoken there. Some discussion about the old golden days (includes school, college life). That keeps us very happy.
People who have problem in their personal life or professional life they want to free themselves, so they will be thinking about a solution for that problem at that time. Their mind wont be in a clear state to find a solution for the problem at hand. So they want to free themselves. Some will listen to music, watch movies, go for a small tour. Everyone cant do this to clear their minds. Because one may not be interested in Music, Movie or travel. We cant say anyone not interested to be with friends if he/she says that person is mentally affected he/she needs to be rushed to lunatic asylum.
So all prefer to gather with their friends and share everything. Some may share the problem what they were not able to solve. Friends will surely help out in finding the solution or they will create some problem before that your problem wont be big. In one or other friend will encourage you and motivates you to clear your mind and be active in this competitive world. So everyone wants to be with friend forever. Some will make their parents as friends, husband or wife as a friend, even their pet as a friend. In this world we cant say a person is existing without friend.
Ooops... Sorry guys I forgot that I have to meet my friends now. Will meet you all in my next post.
While friends are together, everyone will forget about their own problem and enjoy the moments. All are looking for joy and searching for happiness in their life. Because every individual has their own responsibility, problem and commitment. When it comes to a group of friends only the common things will be high. The individuality fades there. Only the things which are common among everyone is spoken there. Some discussion about the old golden days (includes school, college life). That keeps us very happy.
People who have problem in their personal life or professional life they want to free themselves, so they will be thinking about a solution for that problem at that time. Their mind wont be in a clear state to find a solution for the problem at hand. So they want to free themselves. Some will listen to music, watch movies, go for a small tour. Everyone cant do this to clear their minds. Because one may not be interested in Music, Movie or travel. We cant say anyone not interested to be with friends if he/she says that person is mentally affected he/she needs to be rushed to lunatic asylum.
So all prefer to gather with their friends and share everything. Some may share the problem what they were not able to solve. Friends will surely help out in finding the solution or they will create some problem before that your problem wont be big. In one or other friend will encourage you and motivates you to clear your mind and be active in this competitive world. So everyone wants to be with friend forever. Some will make their parents as friends, husband or wife as a friend, even their pet as a friend. In this world we cant say a person is existing without friend.
Ooops... Sorry guys I forgot that I have to meet my friends now. Will meet you all in my next post.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Expectation brings Failure
There's many philosophy that Human Mind is a Monkey which jumps frequently. This is due to the expectation. Everyone has their one expectation in their life. There is no limit for expectation and desire. Even everyone of us would have expected to possess super natural powers like superman, spider man in our childhood. We know its sounds crazy but still we desire. A kid expects his parents should always take care about him/her. A student expect to get good mark. An employee expects another good job than his current job. Elderly persons expects respect and care from younger.
In our school days we would have heard about the story of a wood cutter or duck laying golden eggs. What's these stories are trying to say to us? Are we alone expecting things from others? or the whole words is set like that? How can we make our mind prepared that it wont expect anything from others. We can practice not to expect things from others. We can stick to it for few hours but surely we will not be able to keep up our control. We will automatically start to expect something from others.
Let me give an example, which happened in my life recently. One fine day I woke up from my bed(I used to sleep in the floor only) and decided not to expect anything from other. Started the day with a good decision. I brushed and looked at the Bathrooms. Sorry I forgot to mention that I was staying in Mansion. All the bathrooms were occupied. I was thinking when it will be free, any one will come out quickly or not. Then managed to take a bath and started to office. I rushed to the bus stop. Again sorry, I forgot to mention that I go to my office by government bus service (MTC).
I was eagerly waiting for the bus 21H (Browadway - Kelambakkam), which will go near to my office. After few mins I got a bus it was overcrowded. I boarded the bus and I was thinking in this crowd how I will get a seat to sit. But till my stop i was not able to get a seat to sit (the travel time is just 1 and half an hour). From the stop to my office it will be around 1.3km, I was looking for people who are coming in bike and familiar to me, so that I can get myself dropped in my office. But found none so started walking and reached office. After reaching there I noticed I was late by 10 mins. I prayed my manager should not be in the seat, so he won't notice me that I was late. Luckily he was not there I happily went to my place, and shocked to see he was standing in my place. He was waiting for me for the build notes I have to sent. I apologized for being late and then sent out the mail regarding the build notes.
Managed myself to go for my breakfast after an hour. It was around 10:30. In my office canteen, food would be over by 10:00 itself. I though it would be good if i had something to eat. Luckily nothing was there and i had a juice (pomegranite - my favorite one). I returned to my workstation and i was assigned with some work and it should be completed on that day itself. I know definitely I will not be able to complete it by the day. I have to stretch i.e stay this night to complete it. I started my work after an hour I got my tea. I like tea when it is hot. But my tea for that day was not hot. Suddenly my HR called me. I thought it should be a good news, two days back i have applied my leave. I thought he would say my leave was approved. I greeted my HR and asked whether he was looking for me. It's just opposite I never expected that, he assigned me a task that company website should be updated. I thought I should do this work soon so that he would approve my leave. Finally I came to my place and saw my friend (cubical mate) sitting very sad.
I was astonished to see him like this because he was never down with energy. I asked him what happened. He said he had applied MBA in an institution (very famous one not interested in mentioning the name), he was expecting his call letter. But he got a call that he was not selected. When he said the word 'expecting' suddenly i remembered about my decision that I took in the morning. I pointed down how many time I have expected something till that time. I was shocked to see there were more that 10 items. I smiled at me and I marked how much of my expectation came true and found none. Then I came to the conclusion that its very difficult to not expect things from others. Its in our thought, in one way or the other way we all expect something. Some may get positive things in their expectation but most of the things will be failure only.
In our school days we would have heard about the story of a wood cutter or duck laying golden eggs. What's these stories are trying to say to us? Are we alone expecting things from others? or the whole words is set like that? How can we make our mind prepared that it wont expect anything from others. We can practice not to expect things from others. We can stick to it for few hours but surely we will not be able to keep up our control. We will automatically start to expect something from others.
Let me give an example, which happened in my life recently. One fine day I woke up from my bed(I used to sleep in the floor only) and decided not to expect anything from other. Started the day with a good decision. I brushed and looked at the Bathrooms. Sorry I forgot to mention that I was staying in Mansion. All the bathrooms were occupied. I was thinking when it will be free, any one will come out quickly or not. Then managed to take a bath and started to office. I rushed to the bus stop. Again sorry, I forgot to mention that I go to my office by government bus service (MTC).
I was eagerly waiting for the bus 21H (Browadway - Kelambakkam), which will go near to my office. After few mins I got a bus it was overcrowded. I boarded the bus and I was thinking in this crowd how I will get a seat to sit. But till my stop i was not able to get a seat to sit (the travel time is just 1 and half an hour). From the stop to my office it will be around 1.3km, I was looking for people who are coming in bike and familiar to me, so that I can get myself dropped in my office. But found none so started walking and reached office. After reaching there I noticed I was late by 10 mins. I prayed my manager should not be in the seat, so he won't notice me that I was late. Luckily he was not there I happily went to my place, and shocked to see he was standing in my place. He was waiting for me for the build notes I have to sent. I apologized for being late and then sent out the mail regarding the build notes.
Managed myself to go for my breakfast after an hour. It was around 10:30. In my office canteen, food would be over by 10:00 itself. I though it would be good if i had something to eat. Luckily nothing was there and i had a juice (pomegranite - my favorite one). I returned to my workstation and i was assigned with some work and it should be completed on that day itself. I know definitely I will not be able to complete it by the day. I have to stretch i.e stay this night to complete it. I started my work after an hour I got my tea. I like tea when it is hot. But my tea for that day was not hot. Suddenly my HR called me. I thought it should be a good news, two days back i have applied my leave. I thought he would say my leave was approved. I greeted my HR and asked whether he was looking for me. It's just opposite I never expected that, he assigned me a task that company website should be updated. I thought I should do this work soon so that he would approve my leave. Finally I came to my place and saw my friend (cubical mate) sitting very sad.
I was astonished to see him like this because he was never down with energy. I asked him what happened. He said he had applied MBA in an institution (very famous one not interested in mentioning the name), he was expecting his call letter. But he got a call that he was not selected. When he said the word 'expecting' suddenly i remembered about my decision that I took in the morning. I pointed down how many time I have expected something till that time. I was shocked to see there were more that 10 items. I smiled at me and I marked how much of my expectation came true and found none. Then I came to the conclusion that its very difficult to not expect things from others. Its in our thought, in one way or the other way we all expect something. Some may get positive things in their expectation but most of the things will be failure only.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Dare to Act
Hi all, i want to share some of my experience with you. This thing happened while I am doing my final year under graduation. I am little bit interested in extracurricular activities. I like acting very much. I have performed acting in English Skits and Drama's in college days. One fine day I was called by my English Lecturer Sir. Vedharajan, coordinator of English stage events. I rushed to his room and found six more members were standing there. I was the senior one among the all
My lecturer started that, this year there will be a tough competition for the Youth Festival (an talent hunt which will be conducted for 3 days among various colleges more than 80 events will be there). He added we seven guys have been selected for the youth festival function for acting (English Drama, English Skit, Tamil Drama, Tamil Skit and Mime show). I was literally flying that i got an opportunity to act in the youth festival. It was my dream to get a medal during my college days. I know i can't get medals in studies. I am an average student. I was waiting for this opportunity and I got it. He added I will be the lead for this team. I was very much happy. I never thought that he had that much trust on me.
I felt very happy. He concluded his speech by asking me to prepare some good play for the respective events. I was overjoyed. In my home, I was telling to everyone about the opportunity I got. Except my second elder sister everyone scolded me and advised me to concentrate on studies as it was the final year. I was thinking about the medals only. The person who wins in an event will be awarded with the gold medal. Myself and my lecturer discussed lot of plays and we finalized the play for each event. We got completely struck when we discussed about the event Mime. Mime is an event in which 5 members can participate. No dialogues. Only Music we have to perform an action with some theme. The judges should be able to understand the theme. Based upon the theme winners will be decided.
We had lot of discussion but we were not able to come to a conclusion. During that period only Tsunami struck. We discussed why cant we take this and create a theme. I wrote a script with the theme India will recover very fast from any sort of disaster or problem. Depending upon that we created the play. The play was we are showing some fishermen. They are going into the sea for fishing. At that time tsunami comes and destroys their belongings and relations. They return and find this disaster. They cry and they were consolled by the helping charity. After few days they are returning to the normal life. During this play the "Bharath Matha" will be shown and the expressions will be shown in the face.
I took the role of "Bharath Matha". My role was very simple. I have to stand in a way that I am holding the flag. But there wont be any flag. I have to stand till the play ends. In one scene I have to cry on seeing the dead people (no one will be there). While practising the play i was performing the scene. My lecturer stopped me and he said he didnt see the expression he want. I was repeatedly doing that scene in 5 different way. Finally he performed that scene, it was amazing I never expected that he would act like that. We clapped to cheer him. End of the day we had a personal talk. His words inpired me a lot. He said if you want to be an actor, each and every nerve in your body should act. I cant forget those words.
I made myself ready for that and performed in a way that he was satisfied. For that event there will be seperate marks for uniformity. So we guys shaved our head and applied aluminium powder over our body and we performed the play in the stage. Silence for few mins. Slowly clapping started and it was there for few mins. I cant forget that moment. We won 1 gold medal and 3 silver medal in that competition. My dream came true. Still I have interest for acting but I am not getting an opportunity rather I am not searching for that opportunity.
My lecturer started that, this year there will be a tough competition for the Youth Festival (an talent hunt which will be conducted for 3 days among various colleges more than 80 events will be there). He added we seven guys have been selected for the youth festival function for acting (English Drama, English Skit, Tamil Drama, Tamil Skit and Mime show). I was literally flying that i got an opportunity to act in the youth festival. It was my dream to get a medal during my college days. I know i can't get medals in studies. I am an average student. I was waiting for this opportunity and I got it. He added I will be the lead for this team. I was very much happy. I never thought that he had that much trust on me.
I felt very happy. He concluded his speech by asking me to prepare some good play for the respective events. I was overjoyed. In my home, I was telling to everyone about the opportunity I got. Except my second elder sister everyone scolded me and advised me to concentrate on studies as it was the final year. I was thinking about the medals only. The person who wins in an event will be awarded with the gold medal. Myself and my lecturer discussed lot of plays and we finalized the play for each event. We got completely struck when we discussed about the event Mime. Mime is an event in which 5 members can participate. No dialogues. Only Music we have to perform an action with some theme. The judges should be able to understand the theme. Based upon the theme winners will be decided.
We had lot of discussion but we were not able to come to a conclusion. During that period only Tsunami struck. We discussed why cant we take this and create a theme. I wrote a script with the theme India will recover very fast from any sort of disaster or problem. Depending upon that we created the play. The play was we are showing some fishermen. They are going into the sea for fishing. At that time tsunami comes and destroys their belongings and relations. They return and find this disaster. They cry and they were consolled by the helping charity. After few days they are returning to the normal life. During this play the "Bharath Matha" will be shown and the expressions will be shown in the face.
I took the role of "Bharath Matha". My role was very simple. I have to stand in a way that I am holding the flag. But there wont be any flag. I have to stand till the play ends. In one scene I have to cry on seeing the dead people (no one will be there). While practising the play i was performing the scene. My lecturer stopped me and he said he didnt see the expression he want. I was repeatedly doing that scene in 5 different way. Finally he performed that scene, it was amazing I never expected that he would act like that. We clapped to cheer him. End of the day we had a personal talk. His words inpired me a lot. He said if you want to be an actor, each and every nerve in your body should act. I cant forget those words.
I made myself ready for that and performed in a way that he was satisfied. For that event there will be seperate marks for uniformity. So we guys shaved our head and applied aluminium powder over our body and we performed the play in the stage. Silence for few mins. Slowly clapping started and it was there for few mins. I cant forget that moment. We won 1 gold medal and 3 silver medal in that competition. My dream came true. Still I have interest for acting but I am not getting an opportunity rather I am not searching for that opportunity.
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